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Extended struggle: The transgression of narrative boundaries in Extension du domaine de la lutte
French Cultural Studies ( IF 0.286 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0957155819893588
Françoise Campbell 1
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Michel Houellebecq’s novels typically end with their characters alone, dejected, and in a world on the brink of desolation. However, despite their sense of finality, these conclusions remain fraught with uncertainty. Using narrative tropes such as the introduction of epilogues, post-apocalyptic worlds, and open endings, Houellebecq goes beyond the constraints of narrative closure, suggesting that an essential element of transgression in his writing may be found at the very boundary of his texts. Through its reading of Extension du domaine de la lutte, this article analyses a sequence of extended closures through the second half of the novel, before examining the protagonist’s final journey as a parody of René Girard’s theory of conversion, leaving the reader with an ending that transgresses narrative bounds and opens the novel out to new rounds of ideological struggle.

中文翻译:

扩大斗争:超越斗争领域的叙事边界

Michel Houellebecq的小说通常以他们的角色孤独,沮丧而结束,并且处于一个濒临荒凉的世界。然而,尽管得出结论性,这些结论仍然充满不确定性。豪勒贝克使用叙事对白,例如结尾的介绍,世界末日后的世界和开放的结局,超越了叙事封闭的限制,这表明在他的著作的边界处可以发现他写作中违背行为的基本要素。通过阅读《延伸的领域》一书,本文分析了小说下半部分的一系列封闭性结局,然后考察了主人公的最后旅程,作为对勒内·吉拉德ir依理论的模仿,
更新日期:2020-02-01
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